Privacy Checkup

… to collect more feedback and research before rolling this feature out to more users. Finally, the photo checkup feature Facebook has been testing is modeled on its Privacy Checkup feature, with the goal of making sure users understand who can and cannot see their photos. Readers: Would you like to see all three of these tools rolled out globally? Images courtesy of Facebook, via Mashable. …

… three to five friends whom you know you can turn to in a bind. 5) Control what information you’re sharing with apps via Facebook Login Ever logged into an app using your Facebook account? Most likely, you have. More than 80 percent of the top 100 grossing apps have Facebook Login, including some of your favorites like Airbnb, Etsy, Nike+ Running…

… posts. This information is available in 36 languages. Privacy Basics is the latest step we’ve taken to help you make sure you’re sharing with exactly who you want, including our Privacy Checkup, reminder for people posting publicly and simplified audience selectors. To make them more accessible, we moved tips and suggestions to Privacy Basics…

… As National Cyber Security Awareness Month nears its homestretch, Facebook chief privacy officer Erin Egan is meeting with data protection and privacy commissioners from around the world this week to discuss how the social network enables its users to control what they share. Facebook shared the video below on its Facebook and Privacy page, offering users a look at the team that developed its Privacy Checkup feature, as well as some related features. …

… Facebook appears to be supplementing its recently introduced Privacy Checkup security tool with pop-up messages that appear when users are performing security-related tasks on the site. Reader Matteo Gamba shared the screenshots below of pop-ups he saw after changing the password on his personal Facebook account. The pop-ups: Asked him…

… Facebook appears to have revamped the design for its screens when users file reports about pages on the social network. Reader Matteo Gamba shared the screenshots above and below, in which the process for reporting pages more closely resembles the graphics and layout of Facebook’s Privacy Checkup screens. Readers: Have you seen anything similar? …

… Facebook Thursday announced the rollout of Privacy Checkup, a tool aimed at helping users better control who sees their content, which the social network began testing as early as March and officially introduced in May. Product manager Paddy Underwood provided a guide for how to get started with Privacy Checkup in a Newsroom post: Today…